XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: hard@work.ok   
      
   In article , cariadmenywod@gmail.com,   
   Tomos Davies says...   
   >   
   > How does setting a static IP on a linux Android mobile device prevent the   
   > linux router from assigning that IP address to another device?   
   >   
   > On any mobile device (iOS, Android, whatever), you can set up an FTP server   
   > (eg ES File Explorer on Android) with a static IP address so that Windows   
   > "My Network Places" has a permanent "shortcut" to the entire mobile device   
   > file system (eg ftp://192.158.1.15:3721).   
   >   
   > This is very useful, and I've been using it for a couple of weeks ever   
   > since it was discussed here - because it effectively mounts the mobile   
   > device as a network drive on Windows without adding any new software on   
   > either Android or Windows.   
   >   
   > The Android linux mobile device seems to retain the static IP address even   
   > after multiple boots of the linux Android phone or of the Linux SOHO router   
   > which is set up to serve DHCP addresses.   
   >   
   > How does that work?   
   > Why doesn't the linux router give another linux device the IP address   
   > "192.168.1.15"?   
   >   
   > It seems as if it works by "magic" but there must be some logic here.   
   >   
   > How does setting the IP address to be static on the Android phone cause the   
   > linux router to *accept* that static address permanently?   
   >   
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   >   
   >  which can be set up in the mobile device connection settings   
   >  Android: Settings > WiFi > AP > Modify network config > IP settings >   
   > static (IP address = 192.158.1.15)   
      
   The DHCP server should have a lease time; a day, a week.  What is the   
   result of an ipconfig /all?  Can you post that here?  It would be useful   
   if we could see that.   
      
   And what is the router/modem (the device with DHCP)?  You could assign a   
   DHCP reservation in it, probably.  (Most newer router/modems support   
   reservations.   
      
   (Microsoft do it beautifully in their server DHCP server software - you   
   just right-click on any IP in it's list of assignments and 'reserve   
   it' - job done, it's now in the Reservations list - no looking up fucken   
   MAC numbers :) Don't do Linux DHCP servers, but I imagine it's a lovely   
   command line thing :) )   
      
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